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Hands off the FoI act: information is a vital tool of democracyhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/jan/27/hands-off-the-foi-act-information-is-a-vital-tool-of-democracy
<p>Review commissioners should think hard about the evidence from the Society of Editors and the Press Association before daring to water down the act</p><p>Is the freedom of information commission taking to heart the evidence it is hearing? And is it, most importantly, also engaging its head?</p><p>Witnesses to the review have been doing their best to convince the commissioners about the virtue of expanding the remit of the freedom of information act (FoIa) as a way of countering attempts to water it down. </p><p>“It’s a matter of trying to get the default switch into a different place.” Instead of releasing information only when you’ve got to “the assumption should be [to] release it unless there is a very good reason for not doing so.” </p><p>“Close examination of the numbers will suggest they are microscopic amounts of money compared to overall budgets; fractions of 1% for government and councils. </p><p>This does not seem like a high price to pay. This is, after all, public money that is being spent to give the public greater transparency around the institutions they are paying for...</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/jan/27/hands-off-the-foi-act-information-is-a-vital-tool-of-democracy">Continue reading...</a>MediaFreedom of informationPoliticsInvestigative journalismUK newsJack StrawPress AssociationMarketing & PRLord BurnsWed, 27 Jan 2016 11:36:37 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/jan/27/hands-off-the-foi-act-information-is-a-vital-tool-of-democracyPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/PAPhotograph: Stefan Rousseau/PARoy Greenslade2016-01-27T11:36:37ZJack Straw to debate freedom of speech and respect for religionhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/nov/05/jack-straw-to-debate-freedom-of-speech-and-respect-for-religion
<p>He will join Westminster Cathedral discussion on ‘how to get the balance right’</p><p>I see that Jack Straw, one of the “independent” reviewers of the freedom of information act who has previously said he would like to see it restricted, is taking part in a debate on freedom of speech later this month.</p><p>The former Labour home secretary will talk about the conflict between the exercise of freedom of speech and showing respect for faith groups.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/nov/05/jack-straw-to-debate-freedom-of-speech-and-respect-for-religion">Continue reading...</a>MediaJack StrawFreedom of speechFreedom of religionSt Mary's University, TwickenhamFreedom of informationLondonUK newsPoliticsHuman rightsReligionThu, 05 Nov 2015 15:24:16 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/nov/05/jack-straw-to-debate-freedom-of-speech-and-respect-for-religionPhotograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty ImagesRoy Greenslade2015-11-05T15:24:16ZWhy I back the Telegraph and Channel 4 over cash-for-access stinghttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/sep/18/why-i-back-the-telegraph-and-channel-4-over-cash-for-access-sting
<p>It was right for the public to know how much their MPs demand for extra ‘work’</p><p>Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw may well think they are vindicated by the decision of the parliamentary commissioner for standards <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/sep/17/ofcom-asked-investigate-sting-foreign-secretaries">who cleared them of breaking Westminster’s rules.</a></p><p>But I know what I saw on Channel 4’s video clips in February this year. I know what I heard. And I know <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/investigations/11411007/Jack-Straw-and-Sir-Malcolm-Rifkind-in-latest-cash-for-access-scandal.html">what I read in the Daily Telegraph</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/sep/18/why-i-back-the-telegraph-and-channel-4-over-cash-for-access-sting">Continue reading...</a>MediaJack StrawMalcolm RifkindPoliticsHouse of CommonsDaily TelegraphChannel 4National newspapersNewspapersUK newsOfcomFri, 18 Sep 2015 14:33:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/sep/18/why-i-back-the-telegraph-and-channel-4-over-cash-for-access-stingPhotograph: C4/TelegraphPhotograph: C4/TelegraphRoy Greenslade2015-09-18T14:33:06ZJeremy Corbyn's appeal is enhanced by the united hostility of the presshttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/aug/17/jeremy-corbyns-appeal-is-enhanced-by-the-united-hostility-of-the-press
<p>Negative newspaper coverage is tending to have the reverse effect, although Tory-supporting titles may well be very happy about that...</p><p>Are Labour party members reading national newspapers, watching TV news bulletins and listening to radio current affairs programmes? </p><p>If they are, then the majority of them are clearly ignoring the insistent, relentless, repetitive messages urging them not to vote for Jeremy Corbyn as their next leader.</p><p>“He has turned them from a deeply political demographic who felt that they had no voice in Westminster to engaged activists who want to participate in our democracy... He has done this by providing a clear and coherent alternative to austerity.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/aug/17/jeremy-corbyns-appeal-is-enhanced-by-the-united-hostility-of-the-press">Continue reading...</a>MediaPoliticsNational newspapersLabour party leadershipLabourJeremy CorbynAndy BurnhamYvette CooperLiz KendallTony BlairGordon BrownAlastair CampbellJack StrawNeil KinnockDaily TelegraphThe GuardianThe IndependentThe TimesDaily MailDaily ExpressDaily MirrorThe SunBoris JohnsonSunday TelegraphEd MilibandScottish National party (SNP)London Evening StandardNewspapersUK newsMon, 17 Aug 2015 10:51:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/aug/17/jeremy-corbyns-appeal-is-enhanced-by-the-united-hostility-of-the-pressPhotograph: Joe Giddens/PAPhotograph: Joe Giddens/PARoy Greenslade2015-08-17T10:51:29ZDaily Telegraph's cash-for-access film clips condemn grasping MPshttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/feb/24/daily-telegraphs-cash-for-access-film-clips-condemn-grasping-mps
<p>Why newspaper’s exposé of Malcolm Rifkind and Jack Straw was justified </p><p>I rarely pass on the many newspaper spelling errors and/or typos sent to me on a regular basis. But this Daily Telegraph mistake, on its iPad edition, was too good to ignore.</p><p>The guy who spotted it gleefully wrote:</p><p>“I found the impact of the big scoop today was somewhat lessened by news of Sir Malcolm Rifkind’s secret defection to the Labour party”. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/feb/24/daily-telegraphs-cash-for-access-film-clips-condemn-grasping-mps">Continue reading...</a>MediaiPadDaily TelegraphJack StrawPoliticsInvestigative journalismNational newspapersNewspapersNewspapers & magazinesUK newsTue, 24 Feb 2015 09:34:27 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/feb/24/daily-telegraphs-cash-for-access-film-clips-condemn-grasping-mpsPhotograph: Screen grabOops! How the Daily Telegraph’s iPad edition reported its scoop.Photograph: Screen grabOops! How the Daily Telegraph’s iPad edition reported its scoop.Roy Greenslade2015-02-24T09:34:27ZHacking book: how Murdoch's papers twisted the news to his advantagehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/sep/14/leveson-inquiry-rupert-murdoch
<p><em>Apologies for the two-day postponement of my serialisation of <strong>The phone-hacking scandal: journalism on trial.*</strong> It was entirely due to the release of the Hillsborough report and, given The Sun's part in that business, this extract could not be more relevant.</em></p><p><em>It's by <strong>Nicholas Jones</strong>, a former BBC industrial and political correspondent, who chronicles the relationships between politicians and The Sun, and the police and The Sun...</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/sep/14/leveson-inquiry-rupert-murdoch">Continue reading...</a>MediaLeveson inquiryRupert MurdochThe SunNews of the WorldMargaret ThatcherJohn MajorTony BlairGordon BrownJack StrawKelvin MacKenzieLord Justice LevesonSue AkersMetropolitan policeFri, 14 Sep 2012 12:57:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/sep/14/leveson-inquiry-rupert-murdochRoy Greenslade2012-09-14T12:57:00ZDacre to speak at Stephen Lawrence lecturehttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/feb/15/pauldacre-lawrence
<p>Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre is to make the opening remarks at the inaugural Stephen Lawrence criminal justice lecture next Monday (20 February).</p><p>The lecture will then be delivered by the former Metropolitan police commissioner, Lord (Ian) Blair. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/feb/15/pauldacre-lawrence">Continue reading...</a>MediaPaul DacreStephen LawrenceDaily MailLord BlairPoliceMetropolitan policeLady ScotlandJack StrawWed, 15 Feb 2012 14:26:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/feb/15/pauldacre-lawrenceRoy Greenslade2012-02-15T14:26:00ZMail wins some praise from rivals for Lawrence convictions - but not enoughhttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jan/04/lawrence-dailymail
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/gallery/2012/jan/04/stephen-lawrence-murder-front-pages">Stephen Lawrence murder: the front pages</a><p>It would be churlish not to recognise the enormous, and crucial, role played by the Daily Mail in securing convictions for the murder of Stephen Lawrence.</p><p>"I don't think it's an exaggeration to say that if it hadn't been for the Mail's headline in 1997 — "Murderers: The Mail accuses these men of killing..." — and our years of campaigning, none of this would have happened."</p><p>"Jack, whom I'd known at university, told me that it was the Mail's coverage that persuaded him of the necessity of this move."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jan/04/lawrence-dailymail">Continue reading...</a>MediaStephen LawrenceDaily MailPaul DacreNational newspapersNewspapersThe GuardianDaily TelegraphFinancial TimesThe IndependentThe TimesDaily ExpressDaily MirrorDaily StarThe SunJack StrawDavid BlunkettWed, 04 Jan 2012 10:39:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2012/jan/04/lawrence-dailymailPhotograph: Public DomainDaily Mail: Stephen Lawrence front pagePhotograph: Public DomainDaily Mail: Stephen Lawrence front pageRoy Greenslade2012-01-04T10:39:00ZRoy Greenslade: Straw sides with commercial press against council-run papershttps://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/apr/01/local-newspapers-council-run-newspapers
<p>Justice Secretary <strong>Jack Straw</strong> has sided with commercial newspaper publishers in the controversy over rival council-run publications.</p><p>He told a <a href="http://www.newspapersoc.org.uk/Default.aspx?page=1456">Newspaper Conference</a> lunch on Tuesday: "I am on the side of the papers and not the councils."</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/apr/01/local-newspapers-council-run-newspapers">Continue reading...</a>MediaRegional & local newspapersCouncil-run newspapersJack StrawThu, 01 Apr 2010 08:45:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2010/apr/01/local-newspapers-council-run-newspapersRoy Greenslade2010-04-01T08:45:00Z